The Papers of Jonathan Daniels consist of the research notes
Daniels used in preparing The Man of Independence (1950), a biography
of President Truman. The notes were compiled mostly from interviews with
Truman's family, friends, and associates, from newspaper articles, and
from genealogical records. Miscellaneous reference materials and a chronology
of events, 1865 to 1948, make up the remainder of the collection. The
collection consists of one series, a Notes File.

Size: Less than one-half of one linear foot (approximately 250
pages)Access: OpenCopyright: Jonathan Daniels donated his copyright interest in writings
in this collection to the United States of America. Copyright interest
in any other writings in this collection is assumed to remain with the
authors of the documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Lori Schwartz as part of the Internship
Program at the Truman LibrarySupervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and Amy Williams

The Papers of Jonathan Daniels consist of the research notes Daniels
used to write The Man of Independence (1950), a biography of President
Truman. In preparation, Jonathan Daniels visited Kansas City, Missouri,
in 1949, to collect material for the book. Included in his research notes
is information compiled from interviews with Truman and his family, friends,
and associates, as well as from newspaper articles and genealogical records.
A chronology of events and some miscellaneous reference materials are
also included. In their original form, a three-ring binder held the 260
pages of notes together. The notes now are divided into four parts and
a table of contents has been added to each part. The collection consists
of one series, a Notes File.

Before and after his trip to Kansas City in 1949, Daniels interviewed
President Truman three times. Notes from interviews are included in the
collection. Margaret Truman, William Leahy, Clark Clifford, Spencer Salisbury,
and Eddie Jacobson are among the family, friends, and associates that
Daniels interviewed for the book.

To document lesser-known aspects of Truman's career, particularly his
early business dealings, Daniels consulted several published sources and
visited the Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch
morgues. Notes and extracts from the newspaper articles he found are included
in the collection.

The chronology Daniels included in his research notes documents Truman's
life, events involving his family members and contemporaries, and selected
political and social events dating from 1865 to 1948.

Logs of the Berlin Conference of 1945 and of Truman's vacation trips
from 1946 to 1949, information concerning Truman's meetings with Franklin
D. Roosevelt in 1944 and 1945, and other miscellaneous reference items
can also be found in the Daniels Papers.

Research notes used by Daniels in preparing The Man of Independence
(1950), compiled from newspaper articles, genealogical records, and
interviews with Truman and his family, friends, and associates; along
with miscellaneous reference materials and a chronology of events
from 1865 to 1948. Arranged in numerical order (Parts I through IV).